Thousands of people thronged the village of Hadshi, about 60 km from here, on Friday for a darshan' of spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who has been in the village for the last three days.

Fraudsters used photographs of a resort at Hadshi village near Paud, about 40km from the city, to dupe over 25 people and collect advance payment for "bookings" from them.